brightdata-plugin vs io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
brightdata-plugin is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by brightdata. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Claude: knowledge-work-plugins, Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp is an MCP server published by microsoft. Marketplaces we read that list it: 4 (Official MCP Registry, Claude Code: claude-plugins-official, Cursor: cursor/plugins, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  brightdata-plugin |  io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-official | Listed Version: 1.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 268 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 4 643 Stars (GitHub): 44 178 Not marked · First seen |
| Claude: knowledge-work-plugins | Listed Version: 1.9.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 268 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.8.0 Forks (GitHub): 36 Stars (GitHub): 268 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.0.82 Downloads/month (npm): 31 345 222 Downloads/week (npm): 6 403 349 Forks (GitHub): 3 310 Stars (GitHub): 38 579 Not marked · First seen |
| Cursor: cursor/plugins | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 367 Stars (GitHub): 13 830 Not marked · First seen |
| Docker MCP Catalog | Not listed | Listed Version: sha256:8771dc4666e7 Forks (GitHub): 3 310 Pulls (Docker Hub): 2 556 850 Stars (Docker Hub): 38 Stars (GitHub): 38 579 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | brightdata-plugin | io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 4 | 4 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 268 (worse) | 44 178 (better) |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | No figure on Docker Hub | 2 556 850 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 36 (worse) | 4 643 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | 2026-10-16 | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (@playwright/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares (differs) | Not published | 23 |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 21 | 1 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/brightdata/skills | github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
brightdata-plugin
Web scraping, Google search, structured data extraction, and MCP server integration powered by Bright Data. Includes 7 skills: scrape any webpage as markdown (with bot detection/CAPTCHA bypass), search Google with structured JSON results, extract data from 40+ websites (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more), orchestrate Bright Data's 60+ MCP tools, built-in best practices for Web Unlocker, SERP API, Web Scraper API, and Browser API, Python SDK best practices for the brightda...
io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright Tools for MCP
How to run each
brightdata-plugin As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin install brightdata-plugin@claude-plugins-officialio.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of brightdata-plugin publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: brightdata-plugin · What it can do: io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/HEAD/.cursor-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.